Support for bicycles



(No Model.)

WITNESSES.-

J. S. LYNCH.

SUPPORT FOR BIGYGLES.

Patented 001:. 13, 1896.

4 Tron/VHS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. LYNCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

SUPPORT FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,289, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed January 27, 1896 To roZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. LYNcH, a cit-izen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports forBicycles and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part there of, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to holders or supports for bicycles and similar vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class which may be connected with the dashboard of a tramway-car and from which bicycles may be suspended, or which may be suspended or supported in a store-room or in a club-room or any other and similar place, and which is adapted to support or suspend bicycles or similar vehicles; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arran gement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bicycle-support; Figs. 2 and 3, detail views of the construction thereof, and Fig. 4 a modified form of construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a supportingframe comprising vertical rods or bars A and B, which are united by a transverse rod or bar 0, and the upper ends of the rods or bars A and B are provided with hooks to and b, respectively, by which the device may be suspended from the dashboard of a car or from a rod or any other suitable hanger. The lower ends of the vertical rods or bars A and 13 are provided with heads a and b respectively, and mounted on said rods or bars are arms D, which are adapted to swing thereon, and the outer ends of which are provided with clamps comprising jaws d and (1 one of which is pivotally connected with or hinged to the other at d by means of a screw-threaded bolt provided with a thumb-nut E.

Connected with the frame or support, near the top thereof, are arms G, which are tubu- Serial No 576,919. (No model.)

lar in form and provided with adjustable sections g, which are adapted to slide therein, and said adjustable sections may be held in any desired position by set-screws a and the outer ends of said adjustable sections are provided with clamps, which may be similar to those he reinbefore described or which may be constructed as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which said clamps consist of a stationary jaw which is formed on the adjustable sections g and provided with a circular head 9 having ratchet-teeth on its inner surface, and the other jaw, 9 being also provided with a circular head g, having radial ratchet-teeth on its inner surface, and said jaws being pivotally connected by means of a screw-threaded bolt K, provided with a head at one end and a thumb-n ut 79 at the other.

It will be understood that the clamps connected with the arms D may be made in the same manner as those shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and in Fig. 4 I have shown a form of construction in which the arms G are pivotally connected with or hinged to the vertical rods or bars A and B, and by means of this construction the arms G are also free to swing on the frame or support, and in Fig. 4 I have also shown one of the vertical rods or bars provided with an annular or flattened head M, by which said rods or bars A and B may be secured to a wall or other support, and which is adapted to take the place of the hooks a and b when my improved support or hanger is used in a room, store, club-room, or other and similar place. I also preferably provide the clamps herein described with facings M, of rubber, felt, or similar material, so as to prevent injury to the frame of the bicycle by scratching or otherwise defacing the same, and it will be observed that the ends of the arms D are at right angles to those at the ends of the arms H, and the outer sections 9 of the arms G are free to revolve within the inner sections.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The frame or support may be suspended from the dashboard of a car, or it may be suspended from any form of attachment in a club-room, store-room,orother compartment,

and the clamps at the ends of the arms D are adapted to be connected with or secured to the forward and rear upright rods or bars of the frame of a bicycle or other vehicle, and the clamps at the ends of the arms G with the upper horizontal rod or bar of said frame, and it will thus be seen that I provide means for supporting the machine which connects therewith at four diiferent points, and thus securely and firmly hold the same.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, and arrangement'of parts herein described, and I reserve the right to make all such changes therein and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A support for bicycles or other vehicles, comprising a frame, which is provided with four projecting arms, two of which are free to swing on the frame, and each of which is provided at its outer end with a clamp, substantially as shown and described.

2. A support for bicycles or other Vehicles, comprising a frame, which is provided with four projecting arms, two of which are free to swing on the frame, and each of which is provided at its outer end with a clamp, and the clamps at the ends of the swinging arms being at right angles to those with which the stationary arms are provided, substantially as shown and described.

3. A support for bicycles or other vehicles, comprising a frame, which is provided with four projecting arms, two of which are free to swing on the frame, and each of which is provided at its outer end with a clamp, and the clamps at the ends of the swinging arms being at right angles to those with which the stationary arms are provided, and said stationary arms being provided with longitudinally-adjustable sections, substantially as shown and described.

4. A support for bicycles or other vehicles, comprising a frame, which is provided with four projecting arms, two of which are free to swing on the frame, and each of which is provided at its outer end with a clamp, and the clamps at the ends of the swinging arms being at right angles to those with which the stationary arms are provided, and said stationary arms being provided with longitudinally-adjustable sections, which are free to revolve in the stationary parts, substantially as shown and described.

5. A support for bicycles and similar vehicles, consisting of a frame, provided at its upper side with hooks or other means by which it may be suspended, said frame being provided at each side with two projecting arms at the ends of which are formed clamps which are adapted to be connected with the frame of the vehicle, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of January, 1896.

JAMES S. LYN OH. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM J. LYNCH, JOHN S. LYNCH. 

